Andrews Sentenced To Life For Murder

Chicago — A Cook County Circuit Court judge sentenced killer Ralph Andrews to life in prison Wednesday, sparing him a death sentence.

"This is an evil man," Judge Thomas Durkin said. "Mr. Andrews is part of the body of society that is gangreneous. He has poisoned the lives of everyone who has come in contact with him."

Andrews, 49, of 1916 W. Birchwood Ave., was convicted last year of the torture killing of Virginia Griffin, 44, whose body was found in a public garden in Rogers Park. She had been stabbed more than 30 times, impaled with a pole, shocked multiple times with a stun gun and eviscerated, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors Chuck Burns and Neal Goodfriend presented several days of testimony of women who were raped, stabbed and physically attacked by Andrews, some more than 20 years ago.